The Black Abbot (novel)
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Author | Edgar Wallace |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre | Crime |
Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
Publication date | 1926 |
Media type |
The Black Abbot is a crime novel by the British writer Edgar Wallace which was first published in 1926[1] about the ghost of an abbot haunting the grounds of an old abbey and protecting a lost treasure.
The following year Wallace turned the story into a play The Terror which itself had several film adaptations.
Film adaptation
It was adapted in 1963 by the German studio Rialto Film as The Black Abbot as part of a long-running series of Wallace adaptations made by the company.[2]
References
- ^ Kabatchnik, Amnon (2012). Blood on the Stage, 1975-2000: Milestone Plays of Crime, Mystery and Detection. Scarecrow Press. p. 166. ISBN 9780810883550.
- ^ Goble p.486
Bibliography
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
- The Black Abbot at Faded Page (Canada)
- The Black Abbot at Project Gutenberg Australia
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